LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 125 (Wed. 2020/09/16 08:42)
Welcome to issue # 125 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.
This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since September 11
(09/12 onward).
Website for the General Public, with a lot about my LeviCar project: http://www.LeviCar.com.
Website for Innovative Transportation Professionals: http://www.PROACCTIVE.info.
Website as a substitute for the former blog on EVWorld: http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php. It has the same content as the previous blog,
except for some explanatory notes. The “catch phrases” are in small type,
and highlighted in yellow.
All three websites, above, are “gluten-free” (no cookies) and “caffeine-free” (no java[script],
or any other script).
All of LULUE’s events are either in LeviCar.com or PROACCTIVE.info, or both.
LULUE has only upcoming events and a list of various organizations’ event calendars.
Many of the links to EV World are still on LeviCar.com, and I was able to recover them from
“The Wayback Machine”.
Research Paper: Click here
to download or view my 25‑page Research Paper, The Future of MagLev: How the
Magnetic‑Levitation SuperTurnpike will Revolutionize Ground Transportation (.doc format).
Contest notice: I entered the “Create the Future” Contest for this year, and actually made Two entries.
Details are at: http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture.
Please don’t forget to look at my entries in the “Create the Future contest”.
The first one is “High-Throughput End-Loaded MagLev Passenger Vehicles”
(http://contest.techbriefs.com/2020/entries/automotive-transportation/10635).
The second one is “Soft-Sided Transportation Tubes (SSTTs) – an Alternative to Hyperloop”
(http://contest.techbriefs.com/2020/entries/automotive-transportation/10730).
Other Contests:
NASA Langley Launches $20,000 UAV ‘Safeguard’ Competition
(postponed due to COVID-19).
Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) Awards (Contest, UK only) Entries due Friday, October 2:
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C2I
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C2I
Newly-Added Item: (other than events)
None
Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
Create the Future Contest — Contest Closed
http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture
New Events on the websites:
Historic Wardenclyffe Chimney Restoration Event Sa, September 19,
9:00 to 10:30 am EDT
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Wellhead
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Wellhead
IEEE VT Magazine Special Issue Call for Papers
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#IEEE-VT-Mag
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#IEEE-VT-Mag
Revised Events on the websites:
ITS America 2021 M‑Th, May 17‑20
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITS-Amer-2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ITS-Amer-2021
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Sat., September 26):
Defense TechConnect
Innovation Summit and Expo
• Call for Innovations due Fri, Sep. 25
(re‑extended)
• Call for Poster Submissions: Abstracts due Fri, Sep. 25
(re‑extended)
SBIR/STTR FALL Innovation Summit
• Call for Fast-Track Innovations due Fri, Sep. 25
(extended)
• Call for Defense Innovation Challenge due Fri, Sep. 25
(re‑extended)
IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference VTC2021-Spring 2021
Call for Workshop Proposals due Mon, Sep. 21
(extended)
IN THE NEWS (Notice that the criteria for this is much broader than for PROACCTIVE.info):
Survey Article (should read):
Tesla Battery Day [September 22] will Be Critical for Energy Division as well as for Vehicles
Batteries:
Tesla Needs Faster Battery Production to Reach Terafactories
Supercapacitors:
Faster, More Efficient Energy Storage From Layered Materials
(This framework also applies to Batteries)
EV Charging:
Survey: EV drivers are sticking to home charging, while public networks expand
Enel X’s JuiceEco enables EV charging with 100% renewable energy
Photovoltaics:
Meet Perovskite, the Mystery Mineral That Could Transform Our Solar Energy Future
Scientists Boost Stability and Efficiency of Next‑Gen Solar Tech
(A more‑technical decription)
Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Audi RS performance models are going plug-in hybrid, perhaps with 50 miles electric range
Nissan has made more than 500,000 Leaf electric cars – in 10 years
Lucid’s fast-charging 1080‑hp, 500-mile electric sedan debuts for real
Hyundai expanding Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell availability in California—by one dealership
Google Maps Gets More Electric-Car Friendly
Supplier confirms broad shift to 800V systems for luxury EVs by 2025
Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Rivian is Way Ahead of the Hummer EV and Tesla Cybertruck
Kenworth electric trucks go on sale, with range up to 200 miles
Q&A: Bollinger still expanding in heavy-duty EVs
Self-Driving Cars and Trucks:
Experts Stress Public Trust in AV Tech as E‑Commerce Rises
Cruise’s AI enables driverless vehicles to navigate uncommon scenarios
Can We Trust A.I.? Modeling Tool Quantifies How Much a Machine Doesn’t Know
[Includes video (2:51)]
What s Best for Autonomous Cars: LiDAR vs Radar vs Cameras?
AI and Vision at the Edge
(“Edge AI” = AI algorithms processed locally on a hardware device.)
Why AI-Based MaaS Is Poised To Be The Future Of Transportation
(Warning: This article is full of jargon.)
Teaching Cars to Read Body Language
Business:
Nikola and GM vs. The Shorts: The Ultimate Game of Liar’s Poker
NIO’s Battery as a Service (BaaS) brings down up-front EV costs, allows battery upgrades
(This might also be categorized under “Batteries“)
Nikola -6.4% on report SEC is probing allegations investors were deceived
Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Tarform’s electric motorcycle is built from recyclable and biodegradable materials
(The good news: These bikes are truly sustainable. The bad news: They cost as much as a car!)
Biketown E‑bikes are Here as Service Area Expands into North and East Portland
Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
Request to download in interactive tool:
Build your own on-demand transit network.
OPINION:
Autonomous vehicle development will deliver on a safer and cleaner world
Miscellaneous:
The New Gold Standard in Fuel Cell Catalyst Development
Tesla Ditches Robots for World’s Largest Casting Machine
Technical Articles and Papers:
Invitation to Download a Free Whitepaper from HBM Test and Measurement:
Measurement of instantaneous torque ripple, transient torque, and electric machine characteristics
OLD NEWS:
Orphaned, Abandoned, Unsung
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— Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)